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Joseph SILVESTER (Capt.)

BIRTH: 12 APR 1638, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA
DEATH: AFT 22 JUL 1690

TITLE: Capt.

Father: Richard SILVESTER
Mother: Naomi ?

Family 1: Mary BARSTOW

MARRIAGE: ABT 1663, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA

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 _Richard SILVESTER _|
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Notes

[NI0295] Updated January 3, 1999. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Silvester, Albert Henry, "Richard Silvester of Weymouth, Mass., and Some of his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume LXXXV (Boston, MA: 1931), p. 262-263.

- A tailor.
- Replaced his brother-in-law, Joseph Barstow, as an innkeeper in Scituate, October 29, 1670.
- Representative to the General Court in 1689 and 1690.
- "A captain under Colonel Church in the expedition against the eastern Indians in 1689."
- Fell sick in the expedition against Canada in 1690, and received medical assistance for some time before his death.
- Declared his will on July 22, 1690.

(2) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC.

"Capt. Joseph Sylvester, son of Richard, was born in Scituate, Mass., in 1638. While on an expedition to Canada with Col. Phipps, he died. This account gives the descendants (daughters) the honor of "Colonial Dames," and they are eligible to that Society.